Francesca Isabel Natividad February 13, β September 24, , known professionally as Kitten Natividad , was a Mexican-American film actress and exotic dancer. She was noted for her inch cm bust, and appearances in cult films made by her ex-partner, director Russ Meyer. She was the eldest of nine children. Natividad did not speak English until she was 10 years old.
At that time, her mother married a U. After moving to California , Natividad worked as both a maid and a cook for Stella Stevens , and then as a key-punch operator for IBM , before eventually turning to go-go dancing to make ends meet. At this time, she adopted the stage name of "Kitten" Natividad, which came from her shyness. Natividad, by then known mainly as Kitten, was introduced to Russ Meyer by fellow dancer Shari Eubank , a performer in Meyer's film Supervixens.
In it, she was shown sitting nude in a tree, [ 3 ] quoting the poetry of H. Meyer paid for a second breast enhancement [ 1 ] and voice lessons to eliminate her accent. She left her husband for Meyer during the filming, and they lived together as a couple for most of the next 15 years. After this, Natividad moved into pornographic modeling, mainly doing glamour or girl-girl shoots with the likes of Candy Samples, Uschi Digard , and Patty Plenty. She incorporated a giant champagne glass into her act, similar to such as Lili St.
Cyr [ 1 ] had used, accompanied by the Bobby Darin hit " Splish Splash ". During the s, Natividad began appearing in pornographic productions, initially limiting her performances to appearing topless.
Eventually, however, she graduated to engaging in hardcore performances, usually with younger men and women. She has had backlash from burlesque performers because she did hardcore videos. She also founded the private photo and video studio called "The Kitten Klub". Her website later closed. In October , Natividad underwent double- mastectomy surgery for treatment of breast cancer.
